Barren in the promised land : childless Americans and the pursuit of happiness (Record no. 80637)
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| fixed length control field | 01070cam a2200169 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 0674061829 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 150611t1997 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0674061829 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | May, Elaine Tyler |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Barren in the promised land : childless Americans and the pursuit of happiness |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Cambridge, Mass.; London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Harvard University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1997 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 336p. : ill. ; 24cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Chronicling the shifts in public attitudes towards reproduction, this book traces attitudes from colonial times to the 1990s. In colonial days barrenness was associated with sin, from here the progression is traced to the laws of compulsory sterilization in the early twentieth century, the baby craze of the 1950s, the rise in voluntary childlessness in the 1990s, and the increasing reliance on reproductive technologies. The author reveals the intersection between public life and the most private part of life - sexuality, procreation, and the family. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | CHILDLESSNESS, history |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | INFERTILITY, history |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare | Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare | Shelves | 11/06/2015 | WP 570 MAY | HOM1247 | 29/09/2022 | 29/09/2022 | Book |